Revision- Ancient Medicine

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  • Created on: 18-10-16 17:40
What did surgeons do to release pressure in the head?
Trephining
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Prehistoric people had no...
Personal health
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Prehistoric people couldn't...
Write
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Ancient civilisations all had a what factor impacting medicine?
Religion
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Ancient Egyptians traded what?
Herbs
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What process included removing the organs from the body was called?
Mummification
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Preservation of the body was called what?
Embalment
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What did Ancient Egyptians think caused illness (first rational theory)?
Blocked channel
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What part of religion did it play in Ancient civilisations?
Gods
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What were Ancient Egyptian kings called?
Pharaohs
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Ancient word for doctor.
Physician
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Ancient Egypt paper.
Papyrus
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Egyptian surgery had little idea of...
Anatomy
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An example of Egyptian treatments.
Frankincense
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Ancient Egyptians believed that they could be protected from disease by...
Amulets
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In Egypt the only people who could afford doctors were who?
Rich
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Greek doctor Hippocrates wrote how many books?
70
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One of Hippocrates ideas was?
Observation and record
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Galen built on the 4 humours by doing?
Opposites
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Doctors did some disection inside the body due to?
War
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You can cure a cold by keeping the patient...
Warm
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You can rebalance the 4 humours by...
Bleeding
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The Greek god of healing was...
Asclepius
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The sleeping part of the Asclepion is called?
Abaton
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The Romans built what for public health?
Aqueducts
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William Harvey compared the heart to what?
Pump
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Who benefitted from the Romans building hospitals the most?
Army
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Who wrote a book on anatomy?
Vesalius
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Galen wasn't allowed to dissect humans so he disected what instead?
Animals
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Galen's work was?
Inaccurate
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Roman's still believed in?
Astrology
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Galen thought what was in the brain?
Blood vessels
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Roman doctors had no what for surgery?
Antiseptic
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Galen trained in...
Alexandria
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Roman's believed what caused illness?
Bad air
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